Emma Watson

When it was announced that a new play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," set to debut in London next summer, would be an official sequel to the series, one would think that universal cries of "huzzah!" would echo throughout Pottermore.

Except some fans objected when it was also announced that Hermione would be played by a black actress, Noma Dumezweni.

The universe of social media makes it easy for people to vent their casual bigotry, and so they did, complaining that the casting was a gesture of "political correctness" and an attempt to somehow marginalize white people (as though this is possible).

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